Sports
Monday, Nov. 11, 1985
University Daily Kansan
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Colorado dims KU's bowl aspirations
Alan Hagman/KANSAN
Women's swim team splits meet at SMU
The Kansas women's swim team split its meet with Southern Methodist University and Texas A&M, and the men's team lost to both the Aggies and Mustangs Saturday in Dallas.
Tammy Pease led the women's team with two individual victories. She won the 50-yard freestyle in 24.1 seconds and the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:24.6. She also swifm on the winning 400-yard freestyle relay team.
Kansas women defeated the 15th-ranked Aggies 90-42, but fell to the eighth-ranked Mustangs 79-54. The team's men lost to both No. 7 Southern Methodist 72-22, and to No. 15 Texas A&M 52-41.
Other winners for the Kansas women's team were Dionne in the 100-yard breaststroke and Spry in the 100-vard freestyle.
'Four kids have told me they're coming, but I'll wait until they sign,' Brown said.
Kansas cornerback Danny Crossman looks on as Kansas defenders attempt to pull Colorado back Anthony Weatherspoon to the ground. Weatherspoon gained 65 yards on 16 carries in the Buffaloes' 14-3 victory Saturday in Memorial Stadium.
Diver Mike Prangle captured the only first place finish for the men by winning the three-meter event. Chris Cook finished third in both the 200 and 500 yard freestyle and Chris McCool placed second in the '100 freestyle.
Carrick DeHart, a 5-foot-3 guard from Santa Monica, Calif., High School, is among the top prospects considering Kansas. DeHart averaged 15 points a game last season for Santa Monica.
Signing day nears
The early signing period for college basketball begins Wednesday and runs through Nov. 20. Kansas could sign as many as four high school players, head coach Larry Brown said Friday.
DeHart's teammate Keith Harris is also considering signing with the Jayhawks. Harris averaged 17 points and 10 rebounds last season.
From Kansan wire reports.
Kickers face hard times as a group
By Chris Lazzarino Sports editor
Sports editor
At stiff north wind was blowing through Memorial Stadium. The temperature was dropping, and the coldest day of the season was about to turn a bit cooler for the Jawhaws
Jeff Johnson stood behind the 30-yard line, preparing himself for a 39-yard field goal attempt. He had already missed a 21-yard attempt in the first quarter, but that was into the wind. Late in the first half he hit a 36-yard, with the wind.
Kansas was down by four points, and those four points were the gap the layhawks needed to cross if they wanted to keep alive any realistic hopes of going to a bowl game.
Now, with a bit less than five minutes left in the third quarter, he was back in virtually the same position. The Jayhawks hadn't been able to find the end zone for nine straight quarters, so field goals took on that much more importance.
Three points would put the Jayhawks one small point away from Colorado, and they could get some momentum for the rest of the game.
But the attempt failed. That mystical area between the bars was, once again, penetrable.
Kansas head coach Mike Gottfried dropped to his knees. Frustration, frustration, frustration.
Kansas was so close. Yet so very far.
With 39 seconds left in the quarter, another field goal attempt was at hand. But Johnson was forced to watch Chase Van Dyne, a freshman, take over his high-pressure job.
The situation was totally new to Johnson. Against Vanderbilt on Sept. 14, he missed two field goal attempts. His job was put on the line during the next week's practice. If he wanted his job, he would have to win it back
The competition lasted throughout the week, and got tighter as the Indiana State game approached. No decision would be made until game
time. No one knew whether it would be Johnson, Van Dyne or Mike Goldman.
Before the Indiana, State game, Johnson was told he was Kansas' kicker. By the game's end, he had rewarded his coaches for showing their confidence in him with field goals of 53, 52 and 34 yards. There wasn't a happier man in Memorial Stadium.
Saturday however, the ax had fallen. Van Dyne was on the field, and Johnson was on the sidelines. And Johnson wasn't the only disappointed kicker. Goldman was hoping for a chance to kick for Kansas, just as he had when Johnson's job was on the line after the Vanderbilt game.
But at this moment, Van Dyne was Gottfried's man.
Again, the attempt failed. 28 yards, with the wind. Short, wide and just plain bad. Frustration, frustration, frustration.
"It was a great snap and a great hold." Van Dyne said. "I just rushed it. Kickers are either heroes or not. It's that simple."
Nebraska in Lincoln
Kansas ended up losing the game 14-3, and Saturday must face
When they aren't heroes, the kickers help each other get back on track. Kicking is an intense individual effort, but the close group becomes even closer when a friend is down.
"It is definitely a symbiotic relationship," Goldman said. "We help each other out. When he (Johnson) missed the first field goal, I talked to him. It's not like I'm Mr. Coach, but I just told him that he's a good kicker. I said, 'Man, go out and make the next one.'
"It's important for us to help each other out. I just hope that I will get the opportunity to go out and miss one so they can help me."
Now it appears that the three will again be competing for the kicking job.
By Frank Hansel Of the Kansan sports staff
Colorado, one of the Big Eight Conference's doormats last season, achieved one of its goals for this season with Saturday's 14-3 win over Kansas in Memorial Stadium — a winning record.
The victory ensured the Buffaloes, 1-10 last season, of at least a 6-5 record. Colorado, 6-3 overall and 3-2 in the Big Eight, has games against Oklahoma and Kansas State remaining on its schedule. The loss, Kansas' third straight, dropped the Jayhawks to 5-5 overall and 1-4 in the conference.
"We'll accept a bowl bid if you're offering, but we still have two games to play." CU head coach Bill McCartney said. "We have our work cut out for us with Oklahoma coming up."
"Our first priority was to have a winning season." Colorado quarterback Mark Hatcher said after the game.
The Kansas offense has not scored a touchdown in 11 quarters, dating back to the first quarter of the State game on Oct. 26. But the Jayhawks did have their moments on hawks against Colorado.
Kansas quarterback Mike Norseth moved into first place on KU's list for total offence in a season with 2,923 yards. He passed Frank Seurer's previous mark of 2,789 yards set in 1983.
Wide receiver Richard Estell broke two pass reception records. He passed Bobby Johnson's record of 58 receptions in a season, set in 1983, with eight catches, which moved his season total to 60. Estell's 107 career receptions also passed Emmett Edwards' mark of 105, set in 1974
Kansas' bowl hopes took a big step backwards with the loss, but Estell said KU's bowl hopes were still alive.
"We were very disappointed," Estell said. "It has been a dream of ours since last spring. We've worked so hard for the dream, but the dream over we. We've got two games here and over those, maybe we'll get a bowl bid."
The Jayhawks play No. 3 ranked Nebraska next week in Lincoln and Missouri on Nov. 23.
The Colorado defense provided all the points it would need just 52 seconds into the game when strong safety Mickey Pruitt intercepted a pass from Norseth and returned 27 yards untouched for the touchdown.
Three of those opportunities ended in missed field goals, two from Jeff Johnson and one from Chase Van Dyne. Gottfried's disappointment was obvious when he slumped to his knees after Johnson missed his second field goal.
"You can't miss scoring opportunities, but we have to come back," Gottfried said. "We had other chances and just didn't do it."
After last year's dismal record, McCartney switched the Colorado offense from a pro-set passing offense to the wishbone attack.
The switch made a starting quarterback out of Hatcher. In spring practice, he beat out senior Craig Kennan, who started the final three games last season, because of his ability to run the wishbone offense.
Saturday the Colorado wishbone offense was good for 201 yards, 76 yards below its season average.
McCarter said much of the credit for the turnaround was given to the wishbone offense. But the defense, which is ranked 17th in the nation, has played a large part in the resurgence of the Buffalooes.
5 field goals power Steelers by Chiefs
United Press International
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Louis Lipps returned a punt 71 yards for a touchdown and Gary Anderson kicked a club-record five field goals to help lift the Pittsburgh Steelers to a 36-28 victory yesterday over the Kansas City Chiefs.
- See NFL roundup p. 11.
Lipps, the American Football Conference's leading punt returner, returned six Kansas City punts for 128 yards and caught three passes from David Woodley for 40 yards to
help the Steelers reach the .500 mark at 5-5 with their first road victory in five tries this season.
Anderson kicked field goals of 31, 31, 27, 36 and 28 yards as the Steelers handed the fading Chief's their sixth consecutive loss. Woodley also threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to John Stallworth and Walter Aerbromcie scored on a 2-yard run. Stallworth finished the game with seven catches for 126 yards.
Lipps returned his second punt for a touchdown this season midway through the second quarter to help out Pittsburgh in front for good.
Tennis team loses
By Heather Fritz
Of the Kansan sports staff
The Kansas men's tennis team last to Minnesota 3-6 in a dual match Friday in Minneapolis, Minn., in the Jayhawks' last competition of the fall season.
Mike Wolf and Larry Pascal won singles matches for the Jayhawks, and Wolf and Michael Center won win doubles.
Wolf beat Matt Grace 64, 36. Grace made the quarterfinals of the Volvo All-American tournament in Los Angeles earlier this month, and is the No. 1 player in the Big Ten conference, KU head
coach Scott Perelman said yesterday.
Pascal beat Sonas Svensson 6-7,
6-4, 6-4, and Wolf and Center beat
Grace and Svensson 6-4, 3-6, 6-1.
"It was encouraging in a way." Center said yesterday. "They're a top 20 team and we definitely could have won. We lost three really close matches."
Center lost in No. 2 singles to Chuck Menzbach 3-6, 67; and Darin Herman lost in the No. 3 spot to Casey Merickel 3-6, 46. In No. 5 singles, Kevin Brady lost 6-7, 6-7 to Matias Ossio, and David Brody lost to David Maassaart 1-6, 2-6 in the No. 6 spot.
By Chris Lazzarino Sports editor
Hunter sparkles in exhibition game
Kansas guard Cedric Hunter is establishing himself as one of Kansas' top basketball players. In fact, head coach Larry Brown took that one step further after the Jayhawks' 83-69 victory Friday night over the Czechoslovakian National Team
"His our best defender. He's playing with so much more poise. When he's in the game, you know he is going to give you great effort."
"Cedric played great," Brown said. "He's our best player right now, and it's been that way every day in practice."
Hunter's shooting was no less than perfect, with six field goals in six at-
temps and two free throws in two attempts for 14 points.
Brown also praised the play of center Greg Dreiling. Dreiling hit 5-of-6 field goal attempts and was perfect on the free-throw line in two attempts for 12 points.
"That's the best Greg has played since practice started," Brown said. "He kind of had a case of the blahs coming right off the World University games. I think he he's starting to play better."
Forward Danny Manning led all scorers with 18 points. He was 8-of-12 from the field and 2-of-2 at the freethrow line. He and Czech center Oto Matkey led all players with eight rebounds.
Manning had two of the Jayhawks'
five offensive rebounds. The Czechoslovakian team had 14 offensive rebounds, and both teams finished with 35 rebounds.
Although the Jayhawks had a 60.3 shooting percentage, Brown wasn't pleased with the team's shot selection.
International rules allow for a three-point line, which drew a few attempts from the Jayhawks. Kansas officially had three three-point attempts.
"I'm glad that's over," Brown said. "I thought we were the European team with our shot selection. When we are shooting outside, it's tough for me to sit there."
"It's our first game and it's over.
"It's an opportunity to look at our
game and see our deficiencies. Our execution wasn't any good and that was a factor in our play. We haven't had an opportunity to work against the zone that much.
"I'm glad we don't have to play with the three-point play. Offensively, we start an outside-oriented team, instead of working the ball inside. I don't think we played too well. But that's how we've been practicing, so it doesn't surprise me."
Forward Rodney Hull was held out of the game because of missing a weight practice.
"Rodney's in the doghouse." Brown said. "He missed a weight workout, but he'll be back. That was it."
Sooners rally late
By Heather Fritz
of the Kansan sports staff
The Kansas volleyball team blew a 13-5 lead in the fifth game of its match with Oklahoma Friday night in Robinson Center, losing the deciding game of the match 15-13.
Oklahoma rallied from being down two games to one for a 15-6, 8-15, 12-35, 16-14, 15-13 win. The loss drops Kansas to 2-6 in the Big Eight conference. The Sooners are 6-2.
Kansas plays another conference match tonight against Iowa State in
"If you want to know what happened, I don't know," KU head coach Frankie Albiz said after the loss. "I wish I had an answer for you."
ly 15-6, but Kansas came back and won the next two games. In the fourth game, Oklahoma led 14-10, but the Jayhawks rebounded. Kansas pushed the score to 14-15, and Oklahoma finally won 16-14 on its seventh game point.
"God, we could have beat them." KUitter Shannon Ridgeway said. "I don't know what happened."
Oklahoma won the first game easi-
In the deciding game, Kansas moved ahead quickly 13-5, but then the Jayhawks' serve fell apart.
"It seems like we're the only team that can be beaten when we're up by eight points," said a tearful Julie Ester after the match. "We still feel like we can beat them."
Kansas committed three service errors in a row, and Oklahoma ran off 10 straight points to win the match.
Hitter Tammy Hill said, "When a team like Oklahoma gets its moment, it's hard to win. But we really should have beat them."
Phi Delts, AGDs are Hill champs
By Harlen Makemson
of the Kansan sports staff
The stands in Memorial Stadium yesterday were empty except for a few parents and two Recreation Services officials who decided to check out seats underneath the press box that even Bob Uecker wouldn't want.
There were no bands and no tailgate parties. However, there were four intramural football teams at the stadium playing for rights to become Hill champions, in one of the coldest intramural finals in recent memory, according to Johnny Johnson, graduate assistant in charge of team sports for Recreation Services.
Greek teams in both the women's and men's divisions were able to overcome the weather and their opponents yesterday to take Hill championships over their opponents from the independent division.
In the men's game, Phi Delta Theta blew open a tight game with 10 quick points in the second half, and went to defeat Mad Hatter 16-3.
Phi Delta Theta scored a touchdown on its first
possession, but missed the extra point and settled for a 6-10 lead. The score stayed the same until the final play of the first half, when former Kansas kicker Mike Hubach booted a 84-yard field goal for Mad Hatter to cut the score to 6-3.
In the women's Hill championship, Alpha Gamma Delta capitalized on penalties and good field position to scope three unanswered touchdowns in the first half, and held on for an 18-0 shutout over Wild Watkins Wenches.
Midway through the second half, Phi Delta Theta extended its lead to 9-4 on a 44-yard field goal. On the next play, Phi Delta Theta intercepted a Mad Hatter pass and returned it to the Mad Hatter's 24-yard line. A pass to the 2-yard line set up the final touchdown, a two yard scramble, to make the final score 16-3.
"The hill championships were held about three weeks earlier last year," Johnson said.
The Hill championship football games, in which the champion from the Greek Trophy tournaments meets the champion from the Independent Trophy tournaments, have been held at Memorial Stadium for at least the past three years, Johnson said.
NHL goalie brain dead
United Press International
STRATFORD, N.J. — Pelle Lindbergh, the All-Star goaltender for the Philadelphia Flyers, was declared brain dead and was not expected to recover after a car crash early yesterday.
Edward Viner, the team physician, said Lindbergh, one of the National Hockey League's top goalies, suffered extensive brain and spinal cord injuries and was being kept alive on life-support systems at a Stratford hospital.
"I's a tragedy of overwhelming proportions," said team spokesman Rodger Gottlieb. "The team is obviously grief-streaken, as are all of us."